Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.4% in Crinkill, less than in 99% of Irish towns
Set against 71% across Ireland’s towns, 87% of residents said they are Catholic in Crinkill. 1.9% of homes are holiday homes. On one-person households, Crinkill sits lower than just over two thirds of Irish towns: 21%. The 2022 Census counted 795 people in the town, in 291 households; half are older than 38.6.
Crinkill changed by +6% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 59% of Irish towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
Across Co. Offaly’s towns the median is +7%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Half of Crinkill is over 38.6, older than 62% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 7.5% of residents. Lower than in 69% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Ferbane, the oldest of Co. Offaly’s towns by this measure, it is 22%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 4.6% in Crinkill, less than in 90% of Irish towns
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
In Crinkill, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 29% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 21%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
A family town: 47% of households are parents with children
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Offaly’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
At 2.7 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Only 13% of households in Crinkill have no car or van
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
Home broadband covers nearly four in five households, while 11% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). One household in every 8 has no car or van. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Median gross household income: €48,260 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €48,260 a year here, 20% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Offaly as a whole has a median of €56,050.
Crinkill sits below 85% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (15%)
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
13% speak another language at home, most often Polish (4.8%); 2.5% speak English not well or not at all. At 9.9%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 76% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%.
Crinkill sits below 99% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.3%)
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
Ferbane leads Co. Offaly with 1%. Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Crinkill ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 7%
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 80% of Crinkill · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish tops 56% of Irish towns: 80%. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (11%), Irish Traveller (7.8%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.8%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 17%.
More unpaid carers than 95% of Irish towns: 6.8%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
On married residents 15 and over, Crinkill sits higher than 53% of Irish towns: 35%. The usual figure: 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
In Crinkill, 20% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 5.5% of adults; primary level or less for 15% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Crinkill: 2 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crinkill | 795 | — | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Birr | 4,726 | 1.7 km | 39.4 | 18% | 40% |
| Banagher | 1,907 | 13.3 km | 41.1 | 17% | 42% |
| Roscrea | 5,542 | 15.5 km | 37.8 | 15% | 43% |
| Kilcormac | 1,051 | 15.6 km | 36.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Borrisokane | 1,117 | 18.1 km | 38.5 | 18% | 42% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Offaly’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Offaly has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Crinkill’s residents
What is the population of Crinkill?
Crinkill had 795 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Crinkill?
The median age is 38.6. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Crinkill?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (247 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Crinkill?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 9.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Crinkill?
87% are Catholic, 7% have no religion and 6.2% another religion; 3.3% didn’t say.
Is Crinkill good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Crinkill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crinkill?
Median gross household income in Crinkill was €48,260 in 2022, against €56,050 across Co. Offaly and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).